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Connecticut western news., 1887-04-20
Ambition,

Ambition on life's desert plain, Looks through the telescope of years, And ly Imsgination's lens,
 Sees Fame and Fortunes distant streamS Fair Hopes illusivs summer dreams But urge the tired traveller on, The mirage of Fancy mocks his tears And rises on the burning air. Then disappointment, hungry eyed, That wilful child by Failure bred, Out spreads the canvass of Despair, And paints the view with heated breath o. empty life and coming death; And leaves him when his Will is gone, And energy and Pride are dead, To die alone on Folly,s plain.
 Ed. Cooley in the Current
Connecticut western news., 1887-04-20
CrOnhla for Pa.

''Ma," inquired Bobby, ''hasn't pa a queer idea of heaven9'
 "Well, I think not, Bobby. Why"
 'I heard him say that the week you spent in Albany seemed like heaven to him."-fN. Y. Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1887-04-20
Force of Habit.

Wayfarer: I beg your pardon sir, l have lost my way. Will-
 Editor: Lost your way, eh. We'll, why don't you advertise and offer re- ward for it2-Lisc.
Connecticut western news., 1887-04-20

A sermon is always short to the woman who wears new bonnet for the first time.
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CUR1os1Trrs OF LrTERATURE.


Some Of the Freaks Of the Authors Of .
Hundred Years Ago.
With many writers, especially in former
times. various curious styles Of composition
were much in favor. One author, for EXAM
pie, would compose verses with some par
ticular letter omitted from every stanxa !;
others would write in such way that the
line read the same backward and forward,
and still others made anagrams. It was
fashionable at one time to write verses in
fantastic shapes.
The forms Of bottle, . klass, OF lady's
fan were initiated, and this was done by
lengthening or shortening the lines as r.
quired, though with sad detriment to the
verse, Where the design was bottle. q
number of short lines would go to form the
neck; gradually lengthening, the shoulder
would be formed, and then the body.
We read also Of verses arranged In the
form Of "a pair Of gloves, pair Of specta-
cles, and . pair Of pot-hooks;m Specimens
found in French, Spanish and English books
Of the sixteenth century.
Both In China and Japan such literary
feats are held In great esteem, even In the
present day; in the latter country the poet
not infrequently arranges his verses In the
shape ofa mans head-thus perhaps, giving
and though the Chinese may mot make 20
nice choice, choosing perhapea Q COW or other
animal for the design, they display greater
ingenuity by 20 doing.
Ingenious q this kind Of thing may be, the
time spent in It IL wasted, and We agree with
the Eastern king, TO whom post read long
work, from which thelstter A was altogether
"Yes, It's curious" said this monarch
bluntly, "but Il would be much more inter.
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q IL sasly ea1npaarn, salll ~ who,s =
mosphRs u ths headqusGoslS NJ intimate
and e Hmss familiar. 0rant ounvss1ed
Win krsat oulspoknneU With III. He
liked . joka, dthW to VII one himDelf
o. 10 hssr good one; hs liked 10 sossip
about old We1 Point friends, and 70
TIL about his sarliM BOTTLES. he always
Joined The clrols around THE campfire q
night end his prsssnCs sesmed no ~
stzaint sxcspt that, because Of his own
purity u conversation, no one evef told,
while hs We By, the sort a seorio
that are cftsn common around campnrss.
Grants purity Indeed wss not confined 10
language. In al my intimacy with him Of
twenty years, In camp, ct Washington, or
abroad, I never saw the slightest indication
Of firregularity Of Life In regard TO women. I
opened al his letters for years, and mot one
was ever addressed TO him that intimated q
lapse or threatened disclosure.
Yet though he was thus familiar he never
betrayed o. secret, military or penonal, that he
meant 10 withhold. He would stop short IN
conversation at once II question was asked
to unfold. He could keep his own counsel
better than any man I ever knew and yet
mot seem TO Be restraining himself.
For Grant was . man Of much deeper
emotions than he revealed. Sometimes
have thought that he had Just - much am
bition and even vanity q any one else, only
the marvellous faculty Of concealing both,
and ct any rate he was not stolid because he
was serene II, indeed, he was full Of do
signs under his mask ofimperturbability and
indifference, his intellectual quality was all
the greater to be capable both Of the
restraint and the designs. And who shall
say that he had not right to keep his own
plans and intentions to himself? II in this
way he deceived It was not his fault,
but that Of the lookers-on. He did not pre-
tend, he did not simulate. Bismarck, they
say, deceives most completely when he tells
the absolute truth, and Grant had not few
traits in common with Bismarck.
ADAM BADEAu.
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A NEW STORY OF HAwTHoRNz.

How He Found Out . Young Man Was
IN American.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was . kind-hearted
man a. well ~ . great novelist. While he
was consul at Liverpool, . young Yankee
one day walked into his Office. The boy
had left home to seek his fortune, but evi-
IDENTIFY hadn't found It yet, although he
had crossed the YEA in the search. Home
sick, friendless, nearly penniless, he wanted
. passage home. The clerk said Mr.. Haw-
thorne could not be seen, and intimated that
the boy was no American, but was trying to
The Soy stuck to his point, and the clerk
at last went to the inner room and said to
Mr.. Hawthorne:
Heres boy insists upon seeing you; he
says he's an American, but know he isn't"
Hawthorne came out Of his room and
looked keenly at the eager, ruddy face Of the
lyon "yss y" g.nt passage to America"
:.xns "xnd 20 yop 'ay you're an Amsrioanr
..E'rom xha. part Of American
"United States, air."
'sWhat 6tatef"
New Hampshirs. dr."
'Exeter, air."
Hawthorne looked at him for minute
before asking the next question.
who sold the best apples In your town r.
''Skim-milk Folsom, sir," said the boy,
with Glistening eyes, - the familiar by-wofd
brought up the dear old scenes Of home.
"Irs all right" said Hawthorne to the
clerk; "give him passage"-1sehsS0s.
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10 sHAxspEARE.

A Memorial Of the Hard 70 - Presented %
the Town Of etfat6ord.
A memorial Of Shakespeare is to be Pre-
sented to Stratford-on-Avon by Lord Ronald
Cover, which will probably be the most Inn
portant monument erected in 6hakspeaze's
honor. shakspeare's bust will surmount the,
top Of the pile, ON column about which will
be grouped bronze figlres Of Comedy and
Tragedy" This will all be supported by .
large marble pedestal containing inches, In
which will be placed four life-sised brOnse
figures. These figures win be Of characters
In 6hakspeare's plays. Two Of them have
already been cast and were recently ox-
hibited In London. One represents Hamlk
holding the skull. II IL in much the same
pose as the famous Lorenzo de Nedioi,"
by Michael Angelo. The other Il of Lady
Macbeth walking in her sleep" EscAaa0s.
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Grant were palmer than himself in their
habits and tastes. Rawlins, the sblest Of all,
had bean charcoal burner, and though Of
course man Of marked energy, and able to
hold his own In conversation with the most
competent, was at times decidedly uncouth
in Language. Grant himself was never profans
in speech. but Rawlins was habitualiy and
exceedingly 70. He was profoundly attached
to Grant, but did not always display the same
respect in manner or Language which the
others maintained. Grant pardonsd this b.
cause he knew there was NO intention Of dis
respect, and because he valued RswlinSs ~
gard and services. But onos heard him n
buke Rawlins. Il vas curing the Anal move
ment toward the lslt that sndsd in the csp-
turs Of Lss. The nSst day or two out
brought no result; TIE weather was bed. the
road were almast impas1ahls. and nAWlins
was vWy anxious 70 tnduee Grant 10 n.
tuTn to camp and postpone the move
msnt But Grant was determined 70
pWssvEa and Ravlins. WITH ths bsst of NO
dves, became very ufssnk svsa pessumptu-
ous in hi Language In the presence a Nsads
and ons o. two n GFsnt's own sieG. Finally
Grant ut nst1isd, and turning shost ~
daimed, "who commands thse asmis, Cen
sEal Rawlins, you q If' Rawlius NJ vHy
much hnst; ~ vent 70 NJ ~ and doelasoi
70 ~ that ~ WoulA s6in. ~ 0snnE ~
ausy ~ ~ ~ woandsd y tsue 3 o1en1
and took = esly egpag1nniiV y soufhe
In, su1 ahoW M so11e unock q onnGlAegnp
NJ beouge Uen Newag dIgl1slelh y m
~ l11inO ey1n = 49, ~ l1 r Mi
1fGlm ~ fnn6naH ~ 3 ~ z
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o. n. 9.

Ho daz, sistah, doan' you psstah
Wid dat empty chimbly flue;
Kass Of Santa Claus kum drappln'
An hs'll run away wid you.
Oars . clattsr in Dc tres-tops,
Dars . soampsr on Dc roof;
It's do tinkls Oh Dc sleigh-bslls,
An d pattsr oh Dc hooG
UmI hs chsckin' up the reindeer,
Doan' you heah I'm hollah whoai
Blami he steppin' mighty heavy.
Wild he footses on Dc mow;
kin heah him at d chimbly,
umsn, sistah, hor you bss6;
n hs kotch N pelIin, eolly;
y ID scaS M nnos' todsk
Wunnse wot hs gwins tee brung N,
n IT. n1ts and sugar stu4f
An some lilly braok doil-hables,
Wild some oloea on ahuah q nun |;
n hes bruns " sny dwsssss
Ihat aye sampin else n patch,
An . pr ob shoos en- stoekin's
TAst fus oocs iook hks . natdhs
CAsds VA czeen ard yall9 picfusu.
Like ~ Glhs y0u = dss(o';
Books ~ smearsd BY lilly chillnns
Dat ~ bed d yeah boeo;
Candy ~ y jug " obeg,
Od6r chiIluno ~ hab Md:
epe9 NJ should - I'D ve'e Ilyin
r. - doan' y npah bsaldsl
Gpeo h6llguh y Wo'n-oQt oswuGn1|
uks he "a ~ ouianae ~;
Hils - stulnG ~ 6ulle ylbboaa i
01dwoAilln1o 1boQ91 away.
UnlD NJ eiQftno - - - -
. "a . 9 ssi.siv,
astah ~ /:
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A REMARxABLE ACHIEVEMENT.

How Instantaneous Photography u no
Longer . Mere spsculatioa.
instantaneous photography II NO longer
question to be determined by study and ex-
pertinent but has assumed the place Of an
accomplished and familiar fact. One Of the
most interesting achievements In this direc-
tiou, = described in London paper, origi-
mated in the question - to whether the up
per part Of wheel Of vehicle when In
motion travels faster than the lower part. In
determining this matter by instantaneous
photography, the artist took the photograph
photograph, while the lower endg Of the
spoke6 immediatsly adjacent TO the ground
are mot psrcspHbIy nnsharpened BY the
motion. the tos Of the uppsl spoke shox
ten degrees. The Photograph II this cass
most successfully expros18 the fact that the
whsel Il Espesssnts . In rapid motion.
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Todds n " whsrs ehssidan had lbuGAt
the day 6UuIA Grant G1ept cu Z rouSh ia
In The tavern, and his sta& IN Ne porch, q
on the foof, or on the ground outslde;
Hoacs Porter and I on some boords IN plg-
pen. Often have known Grant lis On TIE
ground with his saddle for + pillow. Aflsr
the battle Of Champion's Hin In The
vicksburg campaign hs slspt In the
porch Of . fhsm-house occupied within
a. Confederate hospital, end Ill night
he could hear TIE groans Of his
wounded enemies. Aft@ the hnt days fight
at Shiloh he lay at ffst under trss, but the
rain was furious and he went into ilsld
hospital for shelter, and fell asleep with the
surgeons operating around him. II was for
tunate that he was mot high strung or nerv-
ous. Yet he was mot indifSerent 70 human
suffering. have known him leave hur-
dle-race because he did not wish to look on
life unnecessarily risked, though, when there
was need, he could witness daughter, or order
it, unmoved.
In the march from Cold Harbor 10 the
James river the headquarten wagons got
behind and Grant and bis staff had been all
day without food. We halted toward night,
but the train was still behind. Some one
produced some gingerbread IL must have
been taken from farmhouse on the road,
and this was all the supper we had but We
munched It under the tres, thinking our
selves lucky indeed, but Grant smoked bis
cigar and declined the gingerbread. On the
morning after that night at Todd's Tavern
we were breakfastless. Officers are worse
of than men when the wagons are
behind, and staff officers are more absolutely
destitute than regimental Officers, for these
can borrow from the kettles of their men,
but shared the coffee Of my orderly and
found 1t 90 good that I offered q cup to
Grant. He smacked his Lips over It, and
soaked hard biscuit In the tin cup,
and this was all he got till late in the day we
reached our next camp In front Of 6pottsyl-
vania.
Our life at City Point was . little more
elaborate than this. There our black ser
wants waited on the mess. Horace Porter
and I had man between us, who had es-
capped from Richmond. He said he had been
Jefferson Davis's body-servant, and that he
ran away because the President" meant to
fog him. Jim Pemberton was his name, and
he didn't like battle. When the shells fell
near our headquarters in the Wilderness, he
positively turned pale with fright and de.
clared he wished himself back in Richmond.
He would rather be slave, he said, than .
soldier.
Grants own servant, Of course had Q
great idea Of his masters consequence, and
when Robert Lincoln, then Just twenty-one,
Joined the staff for . month or two before
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where less formality prevailed. When Judge
Campbell, the Confederate commissioner,
,ame out from Richmond in the winter
If 1884, he spent some little while with
Grant at City Point, waiting for permis-
zion to proceed further, and expressed
sreat astonishment at the simplicity he saw.
It was far different, he said, from the cere-
mony that Lee maintained.
But Grant never entirely laid aside the
hahits and taste. NJ hi. earlv Iifa. he WAS
indeed never coor,e or vnloar Int he re.
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CAslstaas I've n 1hls Busy f1sse-
xhsushts % Ten Ayss. ~ Noted Pasi-
III, WAs Onss Wss vssy wen xnswn
TAsss-A Rsse and Proud Aathee.
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lar1y. At Christmas and Thanksgiving
some thoughtful patriot at the North would
send turkeys enough to go round but
l can't remember cranberries or mince
pies. Grant was very fond Of oysters,
and the caterers always gratified this taste
whenever possible. But he had few
preferences Of this sort, and more
dislikes than positive liking; mutton he
never touched in the field. He was mot in
the least IN epicure; what he relished
best was some plain dish Dslmonico never
heard Of.
Breakfast was rarely eariier than nine And
often - late - tsn O'Clock, for Grant rose
early, and we always waited tn be was
ready to st down. He hardly ever went to
bed TIL one o. two o'clock In the morning,
and thsrsfose liked hi pillow evsn II II was
hard. He oltsn ussd 70 say that he was an
indolsnt man. and ] think hs was. uatur-
ally. His tsmpsEamsnt was phlegmatic, II
mot sluggish; certainly he was didnclined
to sxsrtion after be was forty yean Of go.
II was only when spurrsd on By incentives
that BE- became 70 prompt and ensgGstic.
Than, Of coufse. no one -excelled him. He
could outsids any a his siaG, 20 without
food o. sleep loueg then ths ycuneeaE;
endure bet ~ opld. o. rnip, o. fhtigus, q
exposure, appassn11y wifhouk ~ eGsct, o.
any edbot 4 I'll.
Many { time % ~ nasch have waAeAed
hin d<t1ng upeight = ~ eo1dley without 8
asnof bins WON, ~ hon1s ~, dayu
.and nloh1s, a. ueasy Sfllne II nsvo
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GEN. GRANT IN CAMP.
SOME PECULIARrTrEs OF THE
GREAT CAPTAIN.

An Ola Comrade oe the Silent warrior
Tells What He Knows About Him Dur
Ing the Late Civil war-His Purity and
Habit Of Ksspins His Own Counsel.
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suited him better than the
etiquette Of Europe or even
of Washington. Indeed, the
commander Of all the ar
mics lived palmer than
many of his subordinates,
and I doubt II there was q
headq uarters, North or
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tCpvrsgAssd, iss7.l

RANT was always
more at home in
ca mps tn an
courts; the sim
p1a so1dior,a life
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was . long one, for there were necessarily
many visitors At the headquarters Of the
army. Grant did not sit at the head, for
then he would have carved, but on the right
of the caterer who presided for the while.
The mess was well supplied with beef,
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milk. coffee, rice, ETC., but the
cooking could hardly be con.
sidered delicate. In camp We
had soft bread, but ON the
march fell back ON hard
tack, like private soldiers.
Chickens were supplied In
the season, and . few other
such dainties, but not regu-
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delight 10 to promenade the corridors Of the
Capitol and have people point him out as
Tauibee, Of Kentucky, has come back this
delegation. He Is tall, lank man, but dur
ing the recess has grown downy mustache.
which entirely changes the appearance Of
his face. Some one in describing him
said he started out a. preacher, re
formed and became lawyer, and then re-
He prides himself in the fact that he can
talk, and does 20 on every possible occa.
sion-vying with Springer, Of Illinois. In
that respect. He also has the distinction OF
having the second loudest voice In Congress,
taking place next TO eymea, Of Colorado.
Every one knows that Springer b the dude
Of the Illinois delegstion. Springer always
session 20 far has only worn Nasechaf Mel
roses. Springer i svfaliy careful about bis
clothes, always looks neat, and always
dresees TO catch the gallesies. He Il con-
sanity on his fsst. and therefore wants 10
Boutsiis, Of Maine, With his tai, fns
distancss Tom Reed In the race for distinc
ton In his delegation. Boutslls always
looks trim, but Tom Reed always looks jolly
Thsrs sse several dudes in the Southern
dsleg.tions - for instance, DougheFty,. Of
I1sx. S,0d: NE: =: 4 i .us 'ScIh hs s Su
dude becauee whsn srrsstsd not long eGo for
working on Sunday be proved an alb By
9weanng sthet he never did lick Of work
IN ell h6 ufs." His explanation was that
e ~ nso = @ me- PSSS.ss go svs sanss b has
ss % S e das"s tnS SrSs e: .sS Nv hs.s s. e.
~ Sorrfoo- CownSfiHeS y fka Ul3 ~ xSsis
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pearance are very much those of Cleveland,
and one looking at him from the back would
be excused for pointing him out a. the chief
executive of the United States.
Coming down from Massachusetts,, New
York perhaps has the next largest number
Of well-dressed men in its delegation. Among
them all Perry Belmont still holds his own.
There is something about the languid grace
and utterly Jatigus movements Of Mr.. Bel
mont which has its charm for the stranger.
He is never in hurry. never excited, never
disturbed. Perhaps that ID why he is always
the pink Of perfection" in his appearance.
He never allows his feelings to run away
with him, but prefers to remain quietly in
his committee-room, or In his seat in the
House. His actions seem to aggravate the
restless Mr.. Tim Campbell, also Of New
York, because not long ego the Hon. Mr..
Tim ssw the Hon. Mr.. Belmont sitting n his
desk quietly thinking OF some subject before
the country, and, going up TO him, Campbell
tapped him rudely ON the back, Remaining /:
"Ah, Perry, my bold Castilian, you should
brace up and have some style about you. II
you would you would become regular
roarer among the boys"
Perry did not seem to take the advics, but
quietly pursuss the even tenor Of his way.
Dut Nr. Belmont y good fellow. He 4 ~
markably polite. and srsat fsvorits among
~ friends
Burke Cochran, ~ nsw membR from
New Yosk. = destined TO shins among The
dudas u ~ Houss. Alsssdy NJ. Coehysa
~ unde several chanem In his oostuma,
d lnnslng = ~ ~ svesy ~. 0ns ~
.QQ13 eln(AO - 90 na1eial. ~ ~
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Behind the corner Of stall find nook,
which Il out Of the tide. and from which I
am able to look around Nttls. All the
butchers are burly and red Of fAce, and the
ret Of the throng Il for the most part ruddy
from the storm and bundled up into rotund
shapes; 20 1t happens that my notice is d.
rectly attracted BY pale and slender man
who u drifting along toward me with the
stream. His seedy gray hair frames . some
what cadaverous face. which he holds up
proudly, psrhaps 70 countsract the i'm
prensions which people might form
from the fhx q his belne With
ont IN ovacoat and wearing sEraw hat
ON such an inclsment evening. have
seen the gentleman bsfors In Nswspapsr
Row, and have ben made acquainted with
0ue OF two points ooucssning him. He "
poor and psoud, but not 20 proud q he d
poos. He live over . nillinsfs ahop IN
Diviaion stseek. in room whieh COTS @ 8
month. end 5or yeass has ben writing .
book vhach = 70 - entitled. ssThe Analylls
and Histogy - Wen,fh flom ~ Aee of 1yse
ard Gldon - ths psassat Tina" He \ Tie
most ehewful q mn. H psetsnds that he
goes without IN ovsuooaE 6os the sake of his
health. Posdbly ~ thinks also that Il \
aaluhsioU 70 weaF . stysw hat IN .
snov-sbugm and 70 vandw about d
Deoomb9 With lou shoo ard sh0gt fvousegs
md only Witt cotton socAs botwoon. thouah
nsv~ heagd ~ ~ inaistsd upon TT
wv. H hae ~ opas y WaGhlnGfon
nGzkst tehsys ~ naaly - uinG)e vitb
~ tAponG ~ - nnuo1o m - - NJ
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